Guard-frame for lanterns.



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GUARD FRAME FOR LANTERNS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l, 1914. 1,156,572.

Patented 0ot.12,1915.

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WARD W. WILLITS, OF HIGHLAND PARK, Il'lLNOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ADAMS c WESTLAKE COMPANY, A CORPORATION GF XLLNOIS.

GUARD-FRAME, FOB. LANTERNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June l, 1914. Serial No. 842,171.

To all fur/tom 'it 71mg/ concern:

Be it known that l, WARD W. VILLrrs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Highland Park, county of Lake, and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements lin Guard-Frames for Lanterns, of which ythe following is a specification and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to guard frames for lanterns of the type commonly used by railn road men. Such frames are made of steel rods or bars, and comprise vertical members and circumferential members, all suitably tied together and attached to the dome and base of the lantern. `While the eXigenv cies of ordinary use do not impose serious stra-ins upon the guard frame, it is important that it possess an ample factor of strength to resist severe blows or pressure which may tend to distort it. The circumferential members of such frames afford adequate strength against side blows or pressure, and the object of the present invention is to strengthen the frame vertically to prevent it from being crushed down by blows or weight.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of a lantern with the improved guard frame; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2*?. of F ig. l.

Only such parts of the lantern are shown in the drawings as are essential to a disclosure of the invention. At 10 there is shown the bottom of a lantern body, commonly called theguard hoop, and being in the form of a cup for receiving the oil font and supporting the globe. y

The guard frame comprises a plurality of upright members l1, as many being used as,

may be found desirable, top and bottom circumferential members 12, 13,*here shown as being secured tothe upright y:members by looping the ends of the latter around them; and an intermediate circumferential member 14e, shown as secured to the upright members by means of suitable clips 15. A band 16 is closely fitted upon the guard hoop 10, and is provided with a number of outstanding loops 17, each encircling one of the uprights 11. Preferably the uprights are slightly offset immediately above the loops 17 to form shoulders, as 18.

Heretofore it has been the practice to bow the upright members of such a guard frame inwardly to provide each with a lmee engaging the guard hoop, suitable means being provided .for securing the parts together. By the construction here shown and de scribed the upright members of the guard frame may be more nearly straight, and, being braced by the circumferential member 111 and by the outstanding loops 17 of the ring 16, are capable of resisting,longitudi nally, severe stresses, as each of these members is in fact composed of a number of short columns arranged end to end.

I claim as my invention- 1. A guard frame for lanterns comprising a plurality of upright members and a plurality of circumferential members, and a ring adapted to encircle the guard hoop of the lantern and having outstanding loops encircling the upright members.

2. A guard frame for lanterns comprising a plurality of upright members and a plurality of circumferential members. and a ring adapted to encircle the guard hoop of the lantern and having outstanding arms each attached to one of the upright members.

3. ln a guard frame for lanterns, in combination, a plurality of upright members and a plurality of circumferential members, a wire band adapted to hold the guard hoop of the lantern and having integral outstanding arms, each arm being a loop inclosing one of the uprights.

WARD W. WLLITS.

Witnesses:

C. E. BANTA, E. ANDREWS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

Patented Get. 12, 1915@ 

